| 2000 vs. 2016 Total Employment Growth and Change Dallas County 2000 vs. 2016 Net Percent Change = 210.00% Rank = #1 Hamilton County 2000 vs. 2016 Net Percent Change = -25.77% Rank = #99 Delaware County 2000 vs. 2016 Net Percent Change = 1.42% Rank = #37 With a spotlight on Delaware County, the chart above displays the distribution of the net percent change of employment across Iowa's 99 counties over the period 2000-2016. Those counties whose employment growth registered above the statewide average over this period realized an increase in their statewide share of employment. Likewise, those counties whose employment growth registered below the statewide average experienced a decline in their relative share of employment statewide. Statewide Snippets:- Over 2000-2016 employment grew in forty-two Iowa counties while declining in fifty-seven.
- Employment growth in sixteen counties outpaced the statewide average (7.91%), while growth in eighty-three counties trailed.
- At the extremes of the distribution, Dallas County posted the highest growth of employment (210.00%), while Hamilton County placed last by logging a -25.77% decline.
- The spread in employment growth between the highest (Dallas County, 210.00%) and lowest (Hamilton County, -25.77%) over 2000-2016 equated to 235.77% ( = 210.00% − -25.77%).
- Employment growth statewide is but a weighted metric that stems from each county's share of employment statewide. On this point, as the largest county in Iowa, Polk County's net employment growth over 2000-2016 of 51,462 made up 33.99% of the total net growth statewide (151,422):
Polk County: Percent Share of Iowa's
Employment Growth, 2000-2016:33.99% = (51,462 / 151,422) x 100 Delaware County Snippets:- Over 2000-2016, Delaware County posted a 1.42% net gain in employment.
- Delaware County was joined by eighty-two other counties whose employment growth over 2000-2016 registered below the statewide average (7.91%).
- Ranked #37 among Iowa's 99 counties, Delaware County's employment growth (1.42%) trailed the statewide average of 7.91% by a 6.49% margin.
- Delaware County's net employment growth (1.42%, #37) over 2000-2016 registered just above that of Poweshiek County (1.35%, #38) and just below that of Woodbury County (1.94%, #36).
- Delaware County's share of employment statewide slipped from 0.55% in 2000 to 0.51% in 2016, resulting in a share-shift of -0.03%.
Data Definition The BEA employment series for states and local areas comprises estimates of the number of jobs, full-time plus part-time, by place of work. Full-time and part-time jobs are counted at equal weight. Employees, sole proprietors, and active partners are included, but unpaid family workers and volunteers are not included. Proprietors employment consists of the number of sole proprietorships and the number of partners in partnerships. The description "by place of work" applies to the wage and salary portion of the series and, with relatively little error, to the entire series. The proprietors employment portion of the series, however, is more nearly by place of residence because, for nonfarm sole proprietorships, the estimates are based on IRS tax data that reflect the address from which the proprietor's individual tax return is filed, which is usually the proprietor's residence. The nonfarm partnership portion of the proprietors employment series reflects the tax-filing address of the partnership, which may be either the residence of one of the partners or the business address of the partnership. The employment estimates are designed to be consistent with the estimates of wages and salaries and proprietors' income that are part of the personal income series. The employment estimates are based on the same sets of source data as the corresponding earnings estimates and are prepared with parallel methodologies. Two forms of proprietors' income-the income of limited partnerships and the income of tax-exempt cooperatives-have no corresponding employment estimates. United States. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Income Division.
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https://apps.bea.gov/regional/definitions/ | | | | | | County Distribution of Employment Growth, 2000 vs. 2016 | | More
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Below | Total | | 2000 vs. 2016 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 38 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 99 | | | | | | | Polk County 2016 Employment = 365,131 Percent of State = 17.67% Rank = #1 Adams County 2016 Employment = 2,278 Percent of State = 0.11% Rank = #99 Delaware County 2016 Employment = 10,635 Percent of State = 0.51% Rank = #40 Again highlighting Delaware County's position, the bar graph above displays the disposition by county of 2016 employment statewide (2,066,676).  Tip: Although the visual profile of the bar chart remains unchanged you may opt to display the actual total by using the "Select Indicator" options above the graph
Statewide Snippets:- Ranked #1, Polk County's 2016 employment totaled 365,131, equating to 17.67% of the statewide total.
- Ranked last (#99), Adams County's employment of 2,278 in 2016 comprised just 0.11% of the total statewide. Adams County's employment in 2016 equates to just 0.6% to that of Polk County's.
- Polk County's 2016 employment (365,131) exceeded the combined employment (363,494) of Iowa's fifty-seven smallest counties.
Delaware County Snippets:- Delaware County's employment in 2016 ranked #40, amounting to 0.51% of the statewide total.
- Delaware County's employment of 10,635 placed below that of Clayton County's (11,043, #39), and just above that of Benton County's (10,611, #41).
- Delaware County's employment of 10,635 exceeds the combined total (8,217) of Iowa's three smallest counties.
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Below | Total | | 2016 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 79 | 99 | | | | | | | Tip: To augment your analysis click on the column headers in the following table to rank and/or sort the data. | | | | | | Iowa Employment by County:
2000 vs. 2016 | | 2000 | | 2016 | | 2000 - 2016 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5,631 | 0.29 | | 4,654 | 0.23 | | -17.35 | -977 | -0.65 | -0.07 | | | 2,847 | 0.15 | | 2,278 | 0.11 | | -19.99 | -569 | -0.38 | -0.04 | | | 9,279 | 0.48 | | 8,253 | 0.40 | | -11.06 | -1,026 | -0.68 | -0.09 | | | 7,609 | 0.40 | | 6,973 | 0.34 | | -8.36 | -636 | -0.42 | -0.06 | | | 4,019 | 0.21 | | 3,124 | 0.15 | | -22.27 | -895 | -0.59 | -0.06 | | | 10,967 | 0.57 | | 10,611 | 0.51 | | -3.25 | -356 | -0.24 | -0.06 | | | 86,151 | 4.50 | | 91,648 | 4.43 | | 6.38 | 5,497 | 3.63 | -0.06 | | | 13,505 | 0.71 | | 13,922 | 0.67 | | 3.09 | 417 | 0.28 | -0.03 | | | 13,886 | 0.73 | | 14,892 | 0.72 | | 7.24 | 1,006 | 0.66 | 0.00 | | | 9,902 | 0.52 | | 10,331 | 0.50 | | 4.33 | 429 | 0.28 | -0.02 | | | 13,380 | 0.70 | | 14,085 | 0.68 | | 5.27 | 705 | 0.47 | -0.02 | | | 6,917 | 0.36 | | 6,860 | 0.33 | | -0.82 | -57 | -0.04 | -0.03 | | | 6,057 | 0.32 | | 5,219 | 0.25 | | -13.84 | -838 | -0.55 | -0.06 | | | 15,953 | 0.83 | | 16,616 | 0.80 | | 4.16 | 663 | 0.44 | -0.03 | | | 9,512 | 0.50 | | 8,712 | 0.42 | | -8.41 | -800 | -0.53 | -0.08 | | | 9,143 | 0.48 | | 8,932 | 0.43 | | -2.31 | -211 | -0.14 | -0.05 | | | 33,546 | 1.75 | | 31,110 | 1.51 | | -7.26 | -2,436 | -1.61 | -0.25 | | | 8,538 | 0.45 | | 7,294 | 0.35 | | -14.57 | -1,244 | -0.82 | -0.09 | | | 7,759 | 0.41 | | 7,646 | 0.37 | | -1.46 | -113 | -0.07 | -0.04 | | | 6,749 | 0.35 | | 6,029 | 0.29 | | -10.67 | -720 | -0.48 | -0.06 | | | 12,615 | 0.66 | | 12,042 | 0.58 | | -4.54 | -573 | -0.38 | -0.08 | | | 11,801 | 0.62 | | 11,043 | 0.53 | | -6.42 | -758 | -0.50 | -0.08 | | | 28,974 | 1.51 | | 28,032 | 1.36 | | -3.25 | -942 | -0.62 | -0.16 | | | 10,668 | 0.56 | | 10,012 | 0.48 | | -6.15 | -656 | -0.43 | -0.07 | | | 18,227 | 0.95 | | 56,503 | 2.73 | | 210.00 | 38,276 | 25.28 | 1.78 | | | 4,371 | 0.23 | | 4,186 | 0.20 | | -4.23 | -185 | -0.12 | -0.03 | | | 4,581 | 0.24 | | 4,241 | 0.21 | | -7.42 | -340 | -0.22 | -0.03 | | | 10,486 | 0.55 | | 10,635 | 0.51 | | 1.42 | 149 | 0.10 | -0.03 | | | 30,199 | 1.58 | | 27,646 | 1.34 | | -8.45 | -2,553 | -1.69 | -0.24 | | | 12,617 | 0.66 | | 13,861 | 0.67 | | 9.86 | 1,244 | 0.82 | 0.01 | | | 62,242 | 3.25 | | 72,785 | 3.52 | | 16.94 | 10,543 | 6.96 | 0.27 | | | 6,657 | 0.35 | | 5,635 | 0.27 | | -15.35 | -1,022 | -0.67 | -0.07 | | | 12,076 | 0.63 | | 11,295 | 0.55 | | -6.47 | -781 | -0.52 | -0.08 | | | 8,585 | 0.45 | | 9,091 | 0.44 | | 5.89 | 506 | 0.33 | -0.01 | | | 6,485 | 0.34 | | 6,345 | 0.31 | | -2.16 | -140 | -0.09 | -0.03 | | | 5,366 | 0.28 | | 4,038 | 0.20 | | -24.75 | -1,328 | -0.88 | -0.08 | | | 5,539 | 0.29 | | 5,665 | 0.27 | | 2.27 | 126 | 0.08 | -0.02 | | | 6,204 | 0.32 | | 6,488 | 0.31 | | 4.58 | 284 | 0.19 | -0.01 | | | 5,438 | 0.28 | | 5,854 | 0.28 | | 7.65 | 416 | 0.27 | 0.00 | | | 11,533 | 0.60 | | 8,561 | 0.41 | | -25.77 | -2,972 | -1.96 | -0.19 | | | 10,532 | 0.55 | | 9,111 | 0.44 | | -13.49 | -1,421 | -0.94 | -0.11 | | | 11,308 | 0.59 | | 10,365 | 0.50 | | -8.34 | -943 | -0.62 | -0.09 | | | 6,969 | 0.36 | | 7,030 | 0.34 | | 0.88 | 61 | 0.04 | -0.02 | | | 14,427 | 0.75 | | 12,491 | 0.60 | | -13.42 | -1,936 | -1.28 | -0.15 | | | 6,786 | 0.35 | | 6,448 | 0.31 | | -4.98 | -338 | -0.22 | -0.04 | | | 6,704 | 0.35 | | 5,894 | 0.29 | | -12.08 | -810 | -0.53 | -0.06 | | | 5,418 | 0.28 | | 5,180 | 0.25 | | -4.39 | -238 | -0.16 | -0.03 | | | 14,230 | 0.74 | | 13,235 | 0.64 | | -6.99 | -995 | -0.66 | -0.10 | | | 10,659 | 0.56 | | 10,429 | 0.50 | | -2.16 | -230 | -0.15 | -0.05 | | | 20,633 | 1.08 | | 16,667 | 0.81 | | -19.22 | -3,966 | -2.62 | -0.27 | | | 12,433 | 0.65 | | 11,665 | 0.56 | | -6.18 | -768 | -0.51 | -0.08 | | | 86,841 | 4.53 | | 116,174 | 5.62 | | 33.78 | 29,333 | 19.37 | 1.09 | | | 9,514 | 0.50 | | 9,818 | 0.48 | | 3.20 | 304 | 0.20 | -0.02 | | | 5,141 | 0.27 | | 4,509 | 0.22 | | -12.29 | -632 | -0.42 | -0.05 | | | 10,728 | 0.56 | | 11,080 | 0.54 | | 3.28 | 352 | 0.23 | -0.02 | | | 23,211 | 1.21 | | 21,163 | 1.02 | | -8.82 | -2,048 | -1.35 | -0.19 | | | 144,384 | 7.54 | | 160,928 | 7.79 | | 11.46 | 16,544 | 10.93 | 0.25 | | | 5,454 | 0.28 | | 5,648 | 0.27 | | 3.56 | 194 | 0.13 | -0.01 | | | 5,482 | 0.29 | | 5,074 | 0.25 | | -7.44 | -408 | -0.27 | -0.04 | | | 6,113 | 0.32 | | 7,249 | 0.35 | | 18.58 | 1,136 | 0.75 | 0.03 | | | 6,452 | 0.34 | | 7,158 | 0.35 | | 10.94 | 706 | 0.47 | 0.01 | | | 12,050 | 0.63 | | 11,557 | 0.56 | | -4.09 | -493 | -0.33 | -0.07 | | | 23,714 | 1.24 | | 22,567 | 1.09 | | -4.84 | -1,147 | -0.76 | -0.15 | | | 24,058 | 1.26 | | 22,589 | 1.09 | | -6.11 | -1,469 | -0.97 | -0.16 | | | 6,048 | 0.32 | | 5,979 | 0.29 | | -1.14 | -69 | -0.05 | -0.03 | | | 6,063 | 0.32 | | 6,560 | 0.32 | | 8.20 | 497 | 0.33 | 0.00 | | | 5,699 | 0.30 | | 4,517 | 0.22 | | -20.74 | -1,182 | -0.78 | -0.08 | | | 4,991 | 0.26 | | 5,005 | 0.24 | | 0.28 | 14 | 0.01 | -0.02 | | | 7,252 | 0.38 | | 6,296 | 0.30 | | -13.18 | -956 | -0.63 | -0.07 | | | 27,656 | 1.44 | | 28,599 | 1.38 | | 3.41 | 943 | 0.62 | -0.06 | | | 9,530 | 0.50 | | 9,370 | 0.45 | | -1.68 | -160 | -0.11 | -0.04 | | | 3,813 | 0.20 | | 3,642 | 0.18 | | -4.48 | -171 | -0.11 | -0.02 | | | 9,678 | 0.51 | | 8,165 | 0.40 | | -15.63 | -1,513 | -1.00 | -0.11 | | | 5,718 | 0.30 | | 5,876 | 0.28 | | 2.76 | 158 | 0.10 | -0.01 | | | 14,849 | 0.78 | | 15,847 | 0.77 | | 6.72 | 998 | 0.66 | -0.01 | | | 4,924 | 0.26 | | 4,609 | 0.22 | | -6.40 | -315 | -0.21 | -0.03 | | | 313,669 | 16.38 | | 365,131 | 17.67 | | 16.41 | 51,462 | 33.99 | 1.29 | | | 46,217 | 2.41 | | 49,934 | 2.42 | | 8.04 | 3,717 | 2.45 | 0.00 | | | 13,669 | 0.71 | | 13,854 | 0.67 | | 1.35 | 185 | 0.12 | -0.04 | | | 3,056 | 0.16 | | 2,815 | 0.14 | | -7.89 | -241 | -0.16 | -0.02 | | | 5,870 | 0.31 | | 5,755 | 0.28 | | -1.96 | -115 | -0.08 | -0.03 | | | 105,386 | 5.50 | | 113,186 | 5.48 | | 7.40 | 7,800 | 5.15 | -0.03 | | | 7,505 | 0.39 | | 8,561 | 0.41 | | 14.07 | 1,056 | 0.70 | 0.02 | | | 22,243 | 1.16 | | 27,460 | 1.33 | | 23.45 | 5,217 | 3.45 | 0.17 | | | 53,560 | 2.80 | | 63,152 | 3.06 | | 17.91 | 9,592 | 6.33 | 0.26 | | | 8,789 | 0.46 | | 8,741 | 0.42 | | -0.55 | -48 | -0.03 | -0.04 | | | 3,497 | 0.18 | | 3,528 | 0.17 | | 0.89 | 31 | 0.02 | -0.01 | | | 8,610 | 0.45 | | 8,233 | 0.40 | | -4.38 | -377 | -0.25 | -0.05 | | | 3,914 | 0.20 | | 3,742 | 0.18 | | -4.39 | -172 | -0.11 | -0.02 | | | 20,170 | 1.05 | | 20,242 | 0.98 | | 0.36 | 72 | 0.05 | -0.07 | | | 14,302 | 0.75 | | 18,791 | 0.91 | | 31.39 | 4,489 | 2.96 | 0.16 | | | 11,002 | 0.57 | | 13,446 | 0.65 | | 22.21 | 2,444 | 1.61 | 0.08 | | | 3,485 | 0.18 | | 3,586 | 0.17 | | 2.90 | 101 | 0.07 | -0.01 | | | 25,298 | 1.32 | | 24,563 | 1.19 | | -2.91 | -735 | -0.49 | -0.13 | | | 7,661 | 0.40 | | 6,660 | 0.32 | | -13.07 | -1,001 | -0.66 | -0.08 | | | 15,392 | 0.80 | | 15,785 | 0.76 | | 2.55 | 393 | 0.26 | -0.04 | | | 64,664 | 3.38 | | 65,921 | 3.19 | | 1.94 | 1,257 | 0.83 | -0.19 | | | 3,288 | 0.17 | | 3,950 | 0.19 | | 20.13 | 662 | 0.44 | 0.02 | | | 8,531 | 0.45 | | 7,999 | 0.39 | | -6.24 | -532 | -0.35 | -0.06 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1,915,254 | 100.00 | | 2,066,676 | 100.00 | | 7.91 | 151,422 | 100.00 | 0.00 | | | 1,106,261 | 57.76 | | 1,286,018 | 62.23 | | 16.25 | 179,757 | 118.71 | 4.47 | | | 808,993 | 42.24 | | 780,658 | 37.77 | | -3.50 | -28,335 | -18.71 | -4.47 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 165,370,800 | | | 193,425,900 | | | 16.96 | 28,055,100 | | | | | 142,396,424 | | | 169,971,911 | | | 19.37 | 27,575,487 | | | | | 22,974,376 | | | 23,453,989 | | | 2.09 | 479,613 | | |
Source: Calculations by the Iowa Regional Economic Analysis Project (IA-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis November 2023 REAP_PI_CA1400_YRVYR_1000A | | | | | |
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